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Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Nerve agents: a guide for emergency nurses. Part 1
Recent incidents in the UK and the alleged chemical attacks in Syria by the Bashar al-Assad...
Pre-hospital pain assessment in paediatric patients
The aim of this article is to review the literature on pre-hospital assessment of pain in...
Local implementation of a national curriculum and competency framework for emergency...
This article reviews the evidence associated with the Royal College of Nursing (2017)...
An intervention to improve retention in emergency nursing
The UK has a serious shortage of nurses and for the first time in recent nursing history 27...
Emergency department leaders and levels of engagement among their nursing staff
Aim Researchers have begun to examine work engagement in nursing, but there is little...
Supporting frequent attenders to reduce their visits to an emergency department
Frequent attenders to emergency departments (EDs) are a heterogeneous group who have...
Implementing vernakalant: a novel approach to cardioversion
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, and there is a one in four lifetime...
Evidence-based management of patients with Colles’ fractures in emergency departments:...
Distal forearm fractures are a common presentation in UK emergency departments (EDs)...
Lisfranc injury: assessment and management in emergency departments
Injuries to the tarsometatarsal joint complex, also referred to as a Lisfranc injury, are...
Should I be more concerned about patient care or the four-hour target?
UK emergency departments (EDs) are high-pressure environments focused on delivering care in...
GPs’ opinions of discharge summaries generated by advanced nurse practitioners in...
Aim Clinical handover at the point of discharge is critically important. It generally occurs...
Compassion in emergency departments. Part 3: enabling and supporting delivery of...
In the final part of this three-part series, David Hunter and colleagues analyse the factors...